Tag: Mizdow

To those who would criticize Sheamus as Money In The Bank winner for being too midcardish and uncool to deserve the honor, I would suggest you take a look at it from a different angle. First, in defense of Sheamus, he is really a spectacular douchebag heel if you think about it. That’s what I’ve been calling heels like Seth Rollins, just ridiculous wrestling characters who are so great because they are so successful at…

We call Mizdow a stunt double, but in fact isn’t how he achieves his character more like that of a silent film leading man? Think of Mizdow’s exaggerated gestures, facial expressions, and voiceless speaking as you watch Charley Chase in Mighty Like a Moose from 1926: If you can’t hang in there the entire 22 minutes, drop in around 15:00 and follow the build-up to the scene where he pretends he’s two of himself, one…

Miz and Mizdow are over like crazy as heels. That’s right — I’m suggesting that Mizdow has been playing a co-heel all this time. Because at this point we don’t think such a delightful wrestler as Damien Sandow should be forced to continue taking part in such a humiliating dog and pony show as has become being Miz’s stunt double. Isn’t this what you think? Miz is actually quite over as a douchebag as well,…

RAW Notes are back! The way Cena approached Ryback for Team Cena recruitment totally came off as soap opera. But what he said to convince him was absolutely Best of Cena material: “It’s amazing that the guy who always wants to get fed more finally gets a chance to eat at the big table and suddenly he’s not hungry.” Cena is really working the populist hero angle while Triple H is nailing the corporate tyrant.…

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